Orange County officials awarded StarCIO<\/a> contracted work for IT services in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkoufiss, in his report, shared recommendations to rectify the oversight, including the immediate resignation of Langdon Chapman, conducting an \u201coutside forensic audit\u201d by the state\u2019s comptroller for all county contracts and the creation of an “Office of County Comptroller.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The document also details investigative findings, including discrepancies between the testimonies of Chapman and County Executive Steven Neuhaus. It shows they provided different timelines for Chapman communicating to Neuhaus that StarCIO\u2019s president, Isaac Sacolick, is related to him. Additionally, Skoufis said that Chapman omitted whether or not he reached out to appropriate personnel to determine a potential conflict of interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skoufis\u2019 report credits Chapman with \u201csteering $822,900 in taxpayer funds to his brother-in-law for a low-show, no-bid job in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor an individual who formerly serves as the county\u2019s attorney, Chapman knew, possibly better than anyone, the county\u2019s procurement policies,\u201d Skoufis writes in his report. \u201cHe had participated in or witnessed competitive bid processes many times during his long county career. Yet, Chapman and his team violated these same procurement policies at every turn. Further investigation is needed to understand the entirety of this orchestrated plot to enrich Langdon Chapman\u2019s family and rip off Orange County\u2019s taxpayers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skoufis writes that the findings of the hearings justify the recommendations laid out in his report. He also says that since Chapman\u2019s assistance in securing StarCIO\u2019s contract with the county, Chapman misled other government officials, abused taxpayer dollars and purposefully neglected to hire a chief information officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chapman was responsible for hiring a CIO, according to Skoufis, and had a \u201cvested interest\u201d in not filling the position, since StarCIO\u2019s scope of work only lasted until the county chose a permanent CIO. Skoufis said that \u201cit is no coincidence that in November 2023, shortly after the scheme was exposed and a commission was impaneled to investigate the matter, a permanent CIO was finally hired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skoufis called for a forensic audit by the state\u2019s comptroller for all county contracts, since \u201cprocedural inadequacies\u201d suggest that there may be other instances of fraud, taxpayer abuse and nepotism.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his report, Skoufis says \u201cit\u2019s high time Orange County got its house in order to restore the public\u2019s trust\u201d and recommends the county create a comptroller office that would aid neighboring counties from \u201chigh-level oversight\u201d of local government\u2019s spending and processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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